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Texas Occupations Code - Section 155.005. Eligibility Requirements Of Foreign Medical School Students In Fifth Pathway Program

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§ 155.005. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS OF FOREIGN MEDICAL 
SCHOOL STUDENTS IN FIFTH PATHWAY PROGRAM.  (a) To be eligible for a 
license under this chapter, an applicant who has been a student of a 
foreign medical school must present proof satisfactory to the board 
that the applicant:
		(1)  meets the requirements of Section 155.003;                               
		(2)  has studied medicine in a medical school located 
outside the United States and Canada that is acceptable to the 
board;
		(3)  has completed all of the didactic work of the 
foreign medical school but has not graduated from the school;
		(4)  has attained a score satisfactory to a medical 
school in the United States approved by the Liaison Committee on 
Medical Education on a qualifying examination and has 
satisfactorily completed one academic year of supervised clinical 
training for foreign medical students, as defined by the American 
Medical Association Council on Medical Education (Fifth Pathway 
Program), under the direction of the medical school in the United 
States;
		(5)  has attained a passing score on the Educational 
Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates examination or another 
examination, if required by the board;
		(6)  has successfully completed at least three years of 
graduate medical training in the United States or Canada that was 
approved by the board as of the date the training was completed;  
and
		(7)  has passed the license examination under 
Subchapter B required by the board of each applicant.
	(b)  An applicant who satisfies the requirements of this 
section is not required to:
		(1)  meet any requirement of the foreign medical school 
beyond completion of the didactic work;  or
		(2)  be certified by the Educational Commission for 
Foreign Medical Graduates.
	(c)  A hospital that is licensed by this state, that is 
operated by this state or a political subdivision of this state, or 
that directly or indirectly receives state financial assistance may 
not require a person who has been a student of a foreign medical 
school but has not graduated from the school to satisfy any 
requirements other than those listed in Subsection (a) before 
beginning an internship or residency.
	(d)  For purposes of licensing under this chapter, a document 
granted by a medical school located outside the United States 
issued after the completion of all the didactic work of the medical 
school is considered the equivalent of a degree of doctor of 
medicine or doctor of osteopathy on certification by the medical 
school in the United States in which the training was received that 
the person to whom the document was issued satisfactorily completed 
the requirements listed in Subsection (a)(4).

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended 
by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, § 14.027(e), eff. Sept. 1, 
2001.

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